Judging by the amount of sawdust that came pouring out of the saw's I fired up the compressor and blew out the accumulated The first thing I did once I got the Unisaw in my shop, was give it a As a bonus, he threw in a nice new zeroĬlearance insert, new style quick turn arbor nut, and a blade wrench. After some discussion, they finally agreed to my bid.īefore I even got it home, my buddy Art Silva helped me find a Delta Unisaw When the new Unisaw was delivered, I offered to buy the old one as "scrap"įor $100.00. He agreed and passed this recommendationĪlong to his boss, who in turn, asked me to look into purchasing a new I then told him it would be moreĮconomical to just buy a new one. Price of Delta's spare parts, and figured in the time it would take to The production manager, hearing I was "into" power tools, asked me toįormulate a plan to bring this Unisaw back up to snuff. The switch was also held in place by DUCT TAPE The internal wiring was exposed to aĭecade of sawdust. The original magnetic switch had burnt out and was replaced.The arbor nut was so stripped that they had to use a.The cabinet had a 2-ft.-deep pile of sawdust that was "periodically" (once There was no provision for dust collection.Subsequently, the fence was adjusted so it The extension table was WAY out of kilter and would cause.The belts had not been examined nor replaced during the.The blade wrenches had long ago been misplaced.The louvered access panel on the front of the saw was.The motor was so damaged that it would not allow the saw to.No splitter or blade guard was in evidence.The cast iron table looked like it had never been cleaned.
#UNISAW MOTOR COVER CRACKED#
The insert plate had cracked and was welded badly.Here is a short list of the problems I noticed: I noticed it within the first week of my working there. Way back in the shipping department of my former employer, lived one very Here are the pictures of my newly restored Unisaw, along with a veryīrief history of how I came to acquire it.
It took six months to resurrect this derelict Unisaw.